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When HIPAA Becomes Criminal

Healthcare IT Today

Five former employees of Methodist Hospital in Memphis, TN, including a recently-licensed Registered Nurse, were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly selling medical information about car accident victims to personal injury attorneys and chiropractors. Harvey could receive up to 70 years in prison, pay a fine of $1.75

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How Healthcare Communication Platforms Can Harness Generative AI in a HIPAA-Compliant Way

Healthcare IT Today

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA ) is a federal law that safeguards sensitive patient health information (PHI) from being disclosed. Up to now, HIPAA-compliant data security and generative AI haven’t gone hand-in-hand as AI is trained on large datasets centrally and often by third parties.

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Enabling better health care, everywhere – my conversation with Microsoft

Health Populi

Bonnie Clipper, Founder and CEO of Innovation Advantage, sharing learnings on high-tech and high-touch in nursing; and, Gil Bashe, Chair of Global Health and Purpose at FINN Partners, discussing the growing importance of connected data in health care – think AI, machine learning, and the criticality of breaking down siloes of information.

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Employee Fired for Inappropriately Accessing EHR Records

Healthcare IT Today

HIPAA includes a requirement for MINIMUM NECESSARY ACCESS. Everyone knows that HIPAA requires patient information to be kept private and not shared with friends, family members, or anyone else without the patient’s authorization. HIPAA requires that computer activity logs be reviewed to identify unauthorized or inappropriate access.

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Security and Privacy Hurdles Plaguing AI-Driven Health Services

Healthcare IT Today

What if the computer on wheels (COW) that nurses roll over to the patient’s room to track vitals, administer the medicines, and record their observations can’t connect to the network? What if the public address systems used to seek emergency codes go down, and a physician or nurse is immediately required? So, HIPAA may not apply.

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Upstate Medical University decreases no-shows by 59% with telehealth, which patients love

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

” The only HIPAA-compliant vendor Upstate had immediate access to and currently was using was WebEx. IT, clinical and operational leadership collaborated to create workflows to facilitate the transition to telemedicine and establish virtual connections. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. Visitors are not allowed in the hospital.).

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How Adopting a Hybrid Model with a Virtual Interpreter Call Center Can Make Your In-House Interpreters More Efficient

Healthcare IT Today

Many large hospital systems have a team of in-house interpreters, but it can be challenging to manage those resources—hospitals often expend a lot of time and money as interpreters travel from one facility to another or make house calls with traveling nurses.

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